To see these trains during the day is indeed very rare, but I had heard that they would be in use that weekend (I filmed this on a Sunday). I was actually there for the 1938 tube stock train, but its journey was cancelled.
I dreamt off a mainteance train in the subway, i was the driver. It was night, no subway cars where arround. Then suddenly i see another mainteance train passing by with no crews in it. Then i heard a scream and i turned arround, nobody was there. i turned arround to see the tracks again and suddenly a shadow pushes me to the window, and i got killed by my own mainteance car. What a horrible dream :/ but in real, i want to work on service trains in the subway tunnels in Oslo
+SodaMaster yikes! dreaming of your own death can be very upsetting, even though it typically just means that a change in your life is coming. So maybe you will get the job you want!
And hack the maintance train teleport to New Taipei City roads and stop the maintaince stock and everyone cheer and police arrest the shadow shadow as a prisoner
Ballast engine number 44, very nearly had me pushing up daises, at Farringdon. That was in the 1970s when they were painted maroon. You couldn't feel the draft in open stations like Farringdon, Luckily a P-Way man told me a ballast was about, and I just jumped clear. That's why I posted this. 14 years on the W&B, at the LTE.
GreenmanXIV wow, that sounds serious. Thanks to the railways I too could have been pushing up daises several decades ago. This was in Chamonix, France, where I encountered what looked like some disused sidings and decided to explore. This was of third rail electrified tracks! What nearly caused my demise was my wondering whether the third rail was still live. I mused that whilst standing on electrified tracks here in London would indeed be a very stupid thing to do, since the tracks I was exploring were rusty from dis-use so the third rail would likely not be live any more. In the end the thought crossed my mind that its always best to stay safe and therefore 'just in case' I'd be better off not stepping on to the live track. A short while later I saw a third rail train moving, so even though it was not in the disused siding I had probably made the right decision. I think the voltage in the Chamonix area is 800v.
These were working Ruislip Depot-Aldgate Platform 1 Train 655 [the first train you saw] was too long for the Edgware Road Pfm 2 which caused problems there, hence why the 38 stock was diverted
I did not know in advance... I went to Liverpool St stn to film the 1938 Tube Stock Heritage Train and right until the train became visible this is what I had been expecting. The station staff were also telling everyone that the Heritage Train was coming on the platform passenger announcement system. The second train was even luckier - I was on the S stock train seen leaving Farringdon and noticed the battery loco stopping on the track next to me. So I jumped off and got my camera out...
Any one know what became of the underground maintenance vehicle renamed Alan Jenkins after my brother-in-law who worked it for many nights over the years
Very nice capture👍 Wish I was that lucky when I play on the underground. Hard enough chasing my very few sets when nobody knows what diagrams they are on and very little or no information on allocation. Wish they had a similar set up like TOPS on BR
Sometimes they announce to passengers "Do not board this train" I have heard this announcement particularly where the train has been forced to stop due to signals. They try to avoid stopping very much.
I did not know in advance... I went to Liverpool St station to film the 1938 Tube Stock Heritage Train and right until the train became visible this is what I had been expecting. The station staff were also telling everyone that the Heritage Train was coming on the passenger announcement system. The second train was even luckier - I was on the S stock train seen leaving Farringdon and noticed the battery loco stopping on the track next to me. So I jumped off and got my camera out...
Are you thinking of what happened on the Northern line a few years ago? Because of the runaway maintenance train a passenger train had to travel in 'emergency: flee for your life mode' and travel through several stations in the hope that the runaway would not catch it up! Fortunately the trains were driven by humans and no-one was hurt, I very much wonder if the safety systems used on the more modern computerised automated train control system would have made it impossible to skip stations and break speed limits
We always think and hope that our favourite class of emu, or tube stock has got a "few more years", but once time is up, time is up sadly More recently, people have lamented the class 313 emu on great northern, but they were past it unfortunately and had had their day But we dont like saying goodbye do we?
The 1938 set is not used very often and this year 2016 its been out of service almost al year. The battery locos only haul trains when its planned in advance. A broken down train will be powered by the train behind or in front of it.
I think it depends on the intended use whether they run singly or in pairs. btw although the lead locomotive controls braking (throughout the train) they do not operate as a multiple unit. The locomotive at the back of the train needed a driver to manipulate the controls for it to provide acceleration.
From what I know that’s a very rare spot, well done!
To see these trains during the day is indeed very rare, but I had heard that they would be in use that weekend (I filmed this on a Sunday). I was actually there for the 1938 tube stock train, but its journey was cancelled.
I dreamt off a mainteance train in the subway, i was the driver. It was night, no subway cars where arround. Then suddenly i see another mainteance train passing by with no crews in it. Then i heard a scream and i turned arround, nobody was there. i turned arround to see the tracks again and suddenly a shadow pushes me to the window, and i got killed by my own mainteance car.
What a horrible dream :/
but in real, i want to work on service trains in the subway tunnels in Oslo
+SodaMaster yikes! dreaming of your own death can be very upsetting, even though it typically just means that a change in your life is coming. So maybe you will get the job you want!
***** What if i was a subway driver then, got killed by a mainteance car at the subway depot ?
@@sodamaster2317 don’t worry I will be Spider-Man make shadow person sucked on spider glue
Then I have knife on my Spider-Man superhero uniforms to stabs on shadow
And hack the maintance train teleport to New Taipei City roads and stop the maintaince stock and everyone cheer and police arrest the shadow shadow as a prisoner
ha ha, enjoying the 50fps! Its nice that the person who has an interest and films lots of historic and interesting footage uses a nice camera. thanks!
Excellent video. Some very interesting LU workings captured in your footage.
Ballast engine number 44, very nearly had me pushing up daises, at Farringdon. That was in the 1970s when they were painted maroon. You couldn't feel the draft in open stations like Farringdon, Luckily a P-Way man told me a ballast was about, and I just jumped clear. That's why I posted this. 14 years on the W&B, at the LTE.
GreenmanXIV wow, that sounds serious.
Thanks to the railways I too could have been pushing up daises several decades ago. This was in Chamonix, France, where I encountered what looked like some disused sidings and decided to explore. This was of third rail electrified tracks! What nearly caused my demise was my wondering whether the third rail was still live. I mused that whilst standing on electrified tracks here in London would indeed be a very stupid thing to do, since the tracks I was exploring were rusty from dis-use so the third rail would likely not be live any more. In the end the thought crossed my mind that its always best to stay safe and therefore 'just in case' I'd be better off not stepping on to the live track. A short while later I saw a third rail train moving, so even though it was not in the disused siding I had probably made the right decision. I think the voltage in the Chamonix area is 800v.
Я в метро Санкт-Петербурга видел как перевозят колесные пары,но вот такое представить невозможно
I love watching these trains
Like the yellow freight tube train
It is very rare to see these during the day
I see these train I go to the under ground btw
Wonderful signalbox which could do with some restoration and a lick of paint.
This looked like a model train set in the thumbnail
No it's not
Behind the signal box you can just see the abandoned curve into L S main station.
Ah yes, the Crossrail that almost happened
These were working Ruislip Depot-Aldgate Platform 1
Train 655 [the first train you saw] was too long for the Edgware Road Pfm 2 which caused problems there, hence why the 38 stock was diverted
Excellent video
I only seen those units once standing there at west ham station I was on a class 357
Really Good Footage
Love these battery locos
I seen those train before
Some nice clips there of the unusual Underground workings there Simon!
You got a good shot of the old signal box that in dire need of a restoration.
Yes, but will it end up restored - or removed (as at Barbican?)
I did not know in advance... I went to Liverpool St stn to film the 1938 Tube Stock Heritage Train and right until the train became visible this is what I had been expecting. The station staff were also telling everyone that the Heritage Train was coming on the platform passenger announcement system.
The second train was even luckier - I was on the S stock train seen leaving Farringdon and noticed the battery loco stopping on the track next to me. So I jumped off and got my camera out...
I saw absolutely tons of these last weekend (16-17th) whilst the Met was closed from aldgate to harrow on the hill
Any one know what became of the underground maintenance vehicle renamed Alan Jenkins after my brother-in-law who worked it for many nights over the years
Very nice capture👍
Wish I was that lucky when I play on the underground.
Hard enough chasing my very few sets when nobody knows what diagrams they are on and very little or no information on allocation.
Wish they had a similar set up like TOPS on BR
this was filmed on a Sunday and it was known in advance that special trains were running
Excellent!
I agree with you, but announcements are sometimes recordings which are played back automatically at set intervals.
simon
Sometimes they announce to passengers "Do not board this train" I have heard this announcement particularly where the train has been forced to stop due to signals. They try to avoid stopping very much.
very lucky - wish i could have known and seen these
Very unlikely to know about these movements in advance
Superb shots. Were you expecting them or were they a big bonus ?
I did not know in advance... I went to Liverpool St station to film the 1938 Tube Stock Heritage Train and right until the train became visible this is what I had been expecting. The station staff were also telling everyone that the Heritage Train was coming on the passenger announcement system. The second train was even luckier - I was on the S stock train seen leaving Farringdon and noticed the battery loco stopping on the track next to me. So I jumped off and got my camera out...
Good work ! :)
citytransportinfo Those old tube trains are still used every day on the Isle of Wight :)
Those trains are called Runaway Trains
Are you thinking of what happened on the Northern line a few years ago? Because of the runaway maintenance train a passenger train had to travel in 'emergency: flee for your life mode' and travel through several stations in the hope that the runaway would not catch it up! Fortunately the trains were driven by humans and no-one was hurt, I very much wonder if the safety systems used on the more modern computerised automated train control system would have made it impossible to skip stations and break speed limits
what was the point in a train announcement being done whilst a maintenance train was traveling through the station thereby drowning it out?
Never seen them before
These battery locos are over 100 years old...
I miss the c stock shame they had to go to the scrap yard in the sky I think they had a few more years left
We always think and hope that our favourite class of emu, or tube stock has got a "few more years", but once time is up, time is up sadly
More recently, people have lamented the class 313 emu on great northern, but they were past it unfortunately and had had their day
But we dont like saying goodbye do we?
That I never knew.
London
1:15 how often is this 1938 stock used in London?
1:41 I wonder if these locomotives are ever used to pull a broken down set?
The 1938 set is not used very often and this year 2016 its been out of service almost al year.
The battery locos only haul trains when its planned in advance. A broken down train will be powered by the train behind or in front of it.
MrBnsftrain 1938 stock not used this year 2016
can these maintenance locomotives only run in multiple or is it just common practice to have a pair for each train, topping and tailing?
I think it depends on the intended use whether they run singly or in pairs.
btw although the lead locomotive controls braking (throughout the train) they do not operate as a multiple unit. The locomotive at the back of the train needed a driver to manipulate the controls for it to provide acceleration.
Pretty sure they run on batteries and they use two just in case one fails...
Who knew that there were freight trains on the Underground 🤓
How old are the maintenance trains?
where is the best place to see them?
There used to be some at Lillie Bridge, on the left hand side going from Earls Court to Olympia.
Seems like based on 1992TS
What are the cars carrying?
Ballast and sleepers
It's so small I want to just 20 people to just nock it over
when is it in function?
mostly at night, when the rest of the system has closed
Usually in what line can i see this train?
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What Da?
Works trains, usually these only come out at night but to help with weekend engineering work these are sometimes seen during the day.
citytransportinfo ty
I Hate The Battery Electric Locomotives
Why???